Many years ago, the Sunday School was the attendance feeder into the church.  Sunday School attendance was much larger than worship.  Today it is reversed.  Morning worship is now the door through which many people enter Sunday School.  The worship service is a natural avenue for recruiting people for Sunday School because those who attend worship are already aware of the specifics of the Sunday School…location, time, personnel, and spiritual dimension.

• Sunday School classes should contact every person on their responsibility lists.

• Have the church office prepare a list of visitors who have attended worship in the last year, and give these names to the appropriate classes.  Each class will be responsible for contacting people on the list.

• For this Sunday reverse the order of services.  If Sunday School is first have it in the morning worship slot and worship in the Sunday School hour.

• Plan a potluck lunch after church for fellowship and connecting.  Place a brochure or flyer at each table listing all of the Sunday School classes and discipleship groups offered by the church.  Honor all of the Sunday School teachers/staff at this time, and give a small gift to each one. 

• Start a new Sunday School class or small group.  Naturally this has been in the planning stages for several months, but this is the launch date.

• Challenge each Sunday School class to sponsor a class ministry to members of the church. Examples may include visiting homebound church members, providing a hot meal for a single-parent family, delivering groceries to elderly members, or providing free childcare for a family with children.  Children’s classes can make cards or plant flowers for the homebound.

• Youth classes can do yard work for disabled person. 

• Adults class members can “adopt” a teen or child and have them over for a meal or take
them to their favorite restaurant. Adults must be prepared to go to a pizza place, fast food restaurant, or ice cream shop!